Prevalence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O26, O45, O103, O111, O121, O145, and O157 on hides and preintervention carcass surfaces of feedlot cattle at harvest

Foodborne Pathogens and Disease

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 631-638

  Stromberg, Zachary R ^a   Baumann, Nicholas W ^b   Lewis, Gentry L ^a   Sevart, Nicholas J ^b   Cernicchiaro, Natalia ^b   Renter, David G ^b   Marx, David B ^a   Phebus, Randall K ^b   Moxley, Rodney A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BEEF; BEEF CARCASS; CARCASS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEEDLOT CATTLE; HARVEST; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SURFACE PROPERTY; ANIMAL; BOVINE; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED MEAT;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RED MEAT;

EID: 84942866533     PISSN: 15353141     EISSN: 15567125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/fpd.2015.1945     Document Type: Article

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